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  • Author: Appian Corporation
  • Type: Plug-in (Component)
  • Support: This plug-in or utility is not supported by the author. The content is free to use with a licensed product, but it is made available as-is and Community supported.
  • Industry: All Industries
  • Compatible Version(s): 25.2
  • First Released:
  • Last Updated:
  • Cost: Free
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Rich Text Editor Component

Overview

Starting in 24.2, the Styled Text Editor Component is available directly in the product. Consider using this in place of the plug-in moving forward. For more information, review: https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/latest/Styled_Text_Editor_Component.html

  • Displays a field that allows for users to type text and format it with a variety of style options.
  • Output is saved as HTML. To get the raw character output, designers can use the Appian function fn!stripHtml() on the output.
  • HTML output can be passed into Send E-Mail node or document generation smart services. Note that not all formats supported by the Rich Text Editor component may be supported by e-mail or document generation.
  • Allows uploading of images which get stored in the specified Appian folder (requires separate install of the Rich Text Editor Connected System Plugin from https://community.appian.com/b/appmarket/posts/rich-text-editor-image-upload-connected-system).

Visit https://community.appian.com/w/the-appian-playbook/1378/end-user-rich-text-editor-component for more information. If you have any problems installing or using the component, please see the https://community.appian.com/w/the-appian-playbook/1603/rich-text-editor-component-plug-in-troubleshooting-guide

Key Features & Functionality

  • Component: fn!richTextField()
  • Allows for size validation
  • Allows for adjustable height
  • Allows for read-only / editable view
  • Supported font formats: "header", "size", "bold", "italic", "underline", "strike", "color", "background", "link", "align", "indent", "list"
  • Designer control over the allowed formats

Supported Browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari
Supported on Mobile

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  • v1.16.0 Release Notes
    • Allow file:// protocol for summernote links
  • v1.15.1 Release Notes
    • Long requested release -- Summernote (richTextFieldWithTables) finally supports images!!
    • Quill (richTextField) no longer has any functionality that Summernote does not have!!
    • We thoroughly encourage all users to:
    • 1 - Use the OOTB a!styledTextEditorField for all use cases it supports
    • 2 - Use fn!richTextFieldWithTables for all other use cases
    • 3 - Avoid fn!richTextField other than for backwards compatibility requirements, as it will no longer be maintained

  • Can you please add a feature to upload a document (PDF, Excel, any file type) instead of just an image file? Provide an additional parameter to pass the file extension type. No preview required, only a preview will be available for image

  • v1.15.0 Release Notes
    • Long requested release -- Summernote (richTextFieldWithTables) finally supports images!!
    • Quill (richTextField) no longer has any functionality that Summernote does not have!!
    • We thoroughly encourage all users to:
    • Use the OOTB a!styledTextEditorField for all use cases it supports
    • Use fn!richTextFieldWithTables for all other use cases
    • Avoid fn!richTextField other than for backwards compatibility requirements, as it will no longer be maintained
  • v1.14.0 Release Notes
    • Add superscript and subscript to `richTextEditorField`

  • Hi Team,

    Our application is setup on split DNS. When connected through VPN, it redirects via Load balancer, whereas, if it's not with VPN, it redirects via cloudflare. When connected to VPN there is no issues. When it's routed via cloudflare Rich Text editor is not visible, as the domain example-static.com & example-dynamic.com cannot be configured in cloudflare. Is there any way to access statis & dynamic contests without static & dynamic URLs

    We have also tested with style text component. We noticed that some features available in Rich text plugin was not available here. So it would not be possible to implement this solution

    Regards,

    Ferosha

  • v1.13.2 Release Notes
    • Updated Summernote to 0.9.1
  • v1.13.1 Release Notes
    • Fixed an issue with pasting from Word.
  • in reply to andrewk6536

    Same issue for arabic also.  in arabic, "arabic text(arabic)" appears as "arabic text)arabic("

  • When the keyboard is Arabic and a mixture of numbers and Arabic is typed in, the numbers are not updated as right to left.  The numbers are updated on the incorrect side.  for example --- when wanting to type "2024/09/10 arabic"  from the right side -- the arabic text is typed first and then number (RTL), the text appears as " 10/09/2024 arabic". The english numbers are typed from LTR while the arabic is typed RTL.  Depending on the keyboard setting, all the flow is expected to be from RTL.  This is a mixture of RTL and LTR.  

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